More public safety coverage

A man was shot in the arm about 3:30 a.m. Thursday in the 11500 block of Manatee Drive by someone he knows, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

The victim drove from the shooting scene to the River Oaks apartment complex on Harts Road where police and rescue workers were called. The suspect is known to the victim but not in custody, said Sgt. Richard Knecht.

The unidentified man was sitting in a car when he was shot then drove himself to the nearby apartments. There was at least one other person in the car, Knecht said.

About four dozen JEA customers were without electricity after a vehicle leaving the scene knocked out a transformer.

This is the first shooting reported by police for May and follows a month that included 28 shootings that left 35 wounded and seven dead, according to Times-Union records.

Too many innocent people endangered, no matter what the cause. As we now clearly see the impending elections season, it is just remarkable that the related problems of drugs, crime, and violence are not taking center stage in political and editorial debate, dialog, and posturing.